LTTE Uses UNHCR Sacks for Bunker Building

Troops of the Army fully committed to liberate Thoppigala, the last eastern bastion of the LTTE terrorists are inching forward removing hundreds of anti-personnel mines buried by fleeing terrorists.

As a result of the thrusting movement of the heroic members of the Armed Forces, LTTE terrorists now in disarray appeared to have run amok and vanished further into the interior fearing that troops would capture them at any moment of the day.

Infantry men supported by Engineer troops in the weekend came across a number of LTTE's destroyed bunkers, public buildings, vehicles and many other items. It is clear that terrorists while vacating those areas had vandalized almost everything within their reach as the photos in this story depict.

Strangely enough, polythene sacks with UNHCR emblem in which dry rations to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) contained have been used by the LTTE to cover up their bunkers.

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A western diplomatic connection with Colombo abductions

A western diplomatic mission's connection with regard to recent abductions, is being revealed, Police sources said.

This alleged connection has been first detected when a detained suspect revealed information about a diplomatic officer and a female employee of one of the western diplomatic missions as connected with incidents of abductions and ransom taking.

This suspect identified as Ranjith Dharmaratne alias Ananda was arrested under the suspicions of ransom collection. After the the abduction of Masimalani Nethrarajah alias Suren, Dharmaratne has come to collect 50 laks ransom.

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